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Hotarubi no Mori e (movie)

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Alternative title:
The Light of a Firefly Forest
蛍火の杜へ (Japanese)
螢火之森 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: spirits
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: As a child, Hotaru lost herself in a forest near her uncle's place that she visits every summer. There, she had a fateful encounter with a spirit, who helped her even though he would disappear if a human being touches him. She began to visit him every summer, even as she grows; while he waits for the summer to come, for their time together to flow again.
User Ratings: 643 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 112 votes (sub:101, raw:4, dub:1, ?:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 216 votes (sub:182, dub:8, ?:2, others:24
10 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Very good: 164 votes (sub:152, dub:3, raw:2, others:7
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
1 German subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 94 votes (sub:85, dub:4, raw:1, others:4
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled
)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:32, dub:3, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 916 users, rank: #1314 (of 9212)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.308 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3263, rank: #277 (of 9304)
Weighted mean: 8.258 (Very good+), rank: #281 (of 9304) (seen all: 8.26 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.241 (Very good+), rank: #182 (of 6986)
Running time: 45 minutes
Vintage: 2011-07-30
Premiere date:
2011-09-17 (Japan)
2011-10-08 (UK, Scotland Loves Anime)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Natsu o Miteita" (夏を見ていた) by Shizuru Ōtaka
Official website:
蛍火の杜へ アニメ映画公式サイト (Japanese)
News: Show:
Japan Film Society to Screen Hotarubi no Mori e Film at Anime Expo (Jun 21, 2012)
Scotland Loves Anime October Dates Confirmed (Apr 9, 2012)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: February 20-26 (Feb 28, 2012)
Hotarubi no Mori e, 663114 Win at 66th Mainichi Film Awards (Jan 17, 2012)
Scotland Loves Anime To Return in October (Jan 16, 2012)
1st Anime Contents Expo's Title List Announced (Dec 27, 2011)
Free Children's Anime Screening at Leeds Festival, November 18 (Nov 16, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime Comes to Edinburgh Friday to Sunday (Oct 13, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime Begins in Glasgow (Oct 6, 2011)
Production I.G.'s A Letter to Momo Added to Scotland Loves Anime Line-Up (Sep 19, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime 2011 Line-Up Announced (Sep 6, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Anime Film's Trailer Streamed (Sep 1, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Film's TV Ads Streamed (Jun 24, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Slated to Open on September 17 (Jun 14, 2011)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Script: Takahiro Ōmori
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art: Yukihiro Shibutani
Animation Director: Akira Takata
Producer:
Ayako Yokoyama
Hirofumi Sugawara
Masanori Miyake
Tomomi Kyōtani

2nd Key Animation:
Risako Yoshida
Satomi Higuchi
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Assistant producer:
Kazuya Sato
Kumiko Katō
Background Art:
Akemi Ito
Ayami Aritake
Harumi Suwa
Hiroyuki Hasegawa
Kyoko Shibuya
Nobuhiro Otsuka
Taichi Shishido
Tomohiro Morishita
Yuka Tamai
Yukako Ogawa
Yūko Kobayashi
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Specification: Hiromi Miyawaki
Distribution Sales:
Masami Ebihara
Yuu Takahashi
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
Finish Check: Hiromi Miyawaki
Finishing:
Ayako Saitō
Emi Hayakawa
Emi Miseki
Jinko Suzuki
Kaori Shimuta
Mie Takagi
Miyuki Kusumoto
Nobuyuki Shimada
Rie Iijima
HD Editing:
Ayaka Minami
Tetsuro Tsukada
In-Between Animation:
Chiho Suezuru
Chun Ming Liu
Eri Okada
Fumiko Tateyama
Jun Ogura
Kanako Iwade
Kazuyuki Abe
Keiko Miyano
Kōshi Asato
Marie Yamada
Naoyuki Ichimura
Noboru Okada
Oikawa
Rie Mukai
Ryuuji Iwabuchi
Shō Hamada
Taeko Mitsuhashi
Takashi Narita
Tamae Kawabe
Tomoe Kikuchi
Yuki Tsuchiya
Yūta Azuma
In-Between Check: Yumiko Totsu
Key Animation:
Asahi Takeuchi
Atsushi Aono
Eri Yamazaki
Fumiyo Kimura
Hiroaki Imaki
Hiroshi Yakou
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Masakazu Kawazoe
Mika Sato
Natsuko Kondou
Nobuhiko Kawakami
Orie Tanaka
Rie Maehara
Saburō Yoshino
Tomohiro Kishi
Location Hunting Assistance:
Masafumi Kino
Rie Maehara
Photography:
Hitoshi Tamura
Hyo Gyu Park
Yuichiro Tozawa
Photography Assistant: Yuuji Kakuda
Planning:
Kouichirou Natsume
Makoto Nakamura
Yukio Kawasaki
Plug-in Assistance: Kengo Watanabe
Production Committee:
Akiko Odawara
Haruyuki Iguchi
Hideo Katsumata
Keiko Nobuoka
Makoto Shiraishi
Mori Ooi
Naoki Minabe
Sachiko Sagawa
Shino Yasuda
Takehiko Nishida
Takeshi Ochi
Yoko Matsushita
Production manager: Teruko Utsumi
Publicity:
Akane Minamikawa
Naomi Toda
Osamu Akita
Shizuka Kurosaki
Publicity Assistance:
Chiharu Ikemoto
Reiko Sasaki
Takayuki Tabata
Yoshito Ashino
Publicity Producer: Kazuko Yamamoto
Recording Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda
Recording Assistant: Hiromi Yoshihara
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Producer: Junichi Inaba
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Composition: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Lyrics: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Performance: Shizuru Otaka
Web Manager:
Kōji Uetsuji
Satsuki Maruyama
Ayane Sakura as Hotaru
Kouki Uchiyama as Gin
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Assistance:
Himawari Theatre Group
I'm Enterprise
Kenyu Office
Production baobab
Q-Tec
Tokyo Theatres
Background Art:
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production
Studio Kanon
Studio Wyeth
Distributor:
Aniplex
NAS
Finish Animation: office fuu
HD Editing: Q-Tec
In-Between Animation:
Animespot
Nakamura Production
Picture Magic
PRA
Sunshine Corporation
TYO Animations
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography: Graphinica
Photography Assistance:
Big Bang
PRA
Scan-ya
Studio Easter
Planning Assistance: LaLa Editorial
Production:
Aniplex
Hakusensha
NAS
TV Tokyo
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Peppermint Anime (festival 2015)
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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